Ok, I lied about Richard Hammond, but these are the pics I got after replacing my rear shocks. I wanted to see the infamous grease inside the body of the shock.. If you want to service your shocks, read Carl's sticky and then have a look at these pics:
So your shock is off the car and in the shed/garage/kitchen:
Look at the bottom of the body, you'll see a 14mm nut. When you try and undo this the damper turns inside the body, hence the slot cut into the end of the rod as per Carl's advice. Cheers Carl!
Turn the shock upright, clamp it into something and then take the nut off the last couple of threads. When the nut is off, you can lift the damper cartridge out of the shock body:
And pull!
Out comes the cartridge! You can see the sealed damper unit (the chromed bit) and the bumpstop (the yellow rubber bit). Also, note my extremely tidy workshop and health & safety slippers...
Now you can see the 'grease' which does in fact have the consistency of butter or margerine. Not very greasy at all. I tried to get some pics down inside the shock body...
At this point it's important to have a brew.
I tried to take some photos of the damage to the outside of the damper cartridge, but it's tricky with the reflections:
You can just about make out how it's worn and polished in steps up the shaft. What you need to do now is if you're refurbishing them, follow Carl's thread on cleaning and regreasing inside the body. If like me you replaced them, then throw the old ones away, wash your hands and have another brew and a donut.
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